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Learn how atomic git commits can dramatically increase productivity and improve workflow in software development.

How atomic Git commits dramatically increased my productivity - and will increase yours too

The concept of smaller atomic git commits is something I try to engrain in new software engineers early on. When folks start to work on more complex features for the first time, I notice that they are grouping some feature development, refactoring, and bug fixes into one big commit.
I find it takes a few examples of illustrating that coupling stuff together can have some unintended consequences (oh, that bug fix you checked in with your feature was undone because we had to revert your feature… oops!), but it’s great when people start to realize the benefits.
It takes a bit of reframing to get into this habit though. Sometimes people see it as extra overhead to make more modular commits, but the benefits are huge!

This idea is very useful and is something I have been unconsciously experimenting with. But the commits always tend to be bigger when I’m aware of the atomics…